(VOVworld) – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment met in Hanoi on Tuesday to discuss its performance this year. In his address, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said the ministry should focus more on communication to help enforce the revised Land Law.

He said that priority should be given to ensuring safety for reservoirs and people’s livelihoods, improving mineral exploitation and management, and reducing environmental pollution. Prime Minister Dung said: “Illegal mineral exploitation and exports must be banned immediately. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and provincial departments must strengthen management to ensure effective mineral exploitation.”

Prime Minister Dung said that greater efforts should be made to rapidly detect and deal with violations in land management, acquisition and compensation.